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Lira da braccio

LC control no.sh 94002440
LC classificationML927.L57 History
Topical headingLira da braccio
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Variant(s)Lira da spalla
Lira di sette corde
Lira moderna
Lyra (Lira da braccio)
See alsoBowed stringed instruments
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Found inWork cat.: 94009019: Jones, S.S. The lira da braccio, c1995 (other names used in the 16th cent.: lira, lira moderna, lira da spalla, lira di sette corde)
New Grove dict. mus. inst. (lira da braccio; Renaissance bowed str. inst.)
New Harv. dict. mus. (lira da braccio; bowed str. inst., late 15th-16th cent.)
New Grove dict. of music online, Sept. 14, 2001: lyra ii (term used for various instruments, most often string instruments; 'lyra' and 'lira' in medieval and Renaissance writings designated various string instruments (for instance Lira da braccio, Lirone and Lyra viol))